to me, america post-election feels a lot like the middle of groundhog day. same president; same parties controlling congress; same leaders of congress likely to emerge. and, the same problem confronting the nation: yet another fiscal cliff. everyone knows the damage that falling over the fiscal cliff may bring: further policy gridlock, a sudden recession, and an unknowably bad shock to worldwide demand for u.s. debt. to avoid this fiscal damage, america today needs some people to step up and show the leadership of bill murray. to acknowledge that the country needs some mix of spending restraint and tax-revenue increases while both stimulating growth and protecting the vulnerable. and, to do all this with the necessary imagination. both parties have acknowledged the need for fundamental corporate-tax reform. who will lead the charge on cutting americas business taxes- but linked to reducing high-end tax expenditures to not further aggravate our deficits? here is hoping that in the coming days, americas fiscal life can imitate bill murray's art. i'm matt slaug